Benefits

September 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans' bill for their share of workplace health coverage skyrocketed by 35.9% between 2000 and 2004 - dramatically outpacing their earnings growth during...

September 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Voluntary turnover is on the rise, according to a report by Compensation Resources, Inc., (CRI).

September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employer health-benefit consortium has put together a new group to help develop and distribute information about treatments and procedures for which there...

September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attitudes regarding performance-based compensation are changing in favor of the more holistic, performance-driven system, a new survey says.

September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumer-driven health care is on the rise and the use of HMOs is in decline, according to benefits consultants at Watson Wyatt.

September 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Almost 50% of large companies have increased or will boost the number of employees getting overtime under the new federal wage-hour regulations, a...

September 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that a United Airlines court filing regarding how employees would be affected by pension plan terminations should...

September 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total compensation for top staffing industry executives declined by a median of 26% in 2003, according to Staffing Industry Analysts.

September 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal lawsuit has been brought against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., alleging that the retail giant discriminates against blacks seeking truck-driving positions.

September 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While women responding to a recent survey admitted that their health insurance coverage is important, many apparently don't translate that judgment into the...

September 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With more teenagers reporting sexual harassment and discrimination on the job, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is launching a national campaign to...

September 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite (and maybe even because of) the increasingly polarized election season that is currently underway, employees are becoming less likely to discuss politics...

September 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study released Tuesday shows that women business owners who offer health insurance have significantly different views on that coverage compared to women...

September 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Working Mother magazine's latest list of the top 100 companies for working mothers helps to illustrate an increasing trend towards larger and more...

September 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Home improvement retailing giant The Home Depot said Tuesday that it will hire more than 10,000 military veterans this year.

September 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Controversial new federal overtime rules have produced minimal negative effects on Illinois state employees, according to a survey of the state's employers.

September 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The state of Indiana has created a prescription drug purchasing pool made up of at least 60,000 public employees in an effort to...

September 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While many still assume that a sexual harassment case involves a man's inappropriate actions towards a woman, men are increasingly claiming they're also...

September 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Swedish workers are abusing their sick leave system en masse, and the government is fed up.

September 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Calculations about what percentage of preretirement income a person will need to properly fund their retirement should give heavy emphasis to using the...